Robust Universal Braiding with Non-semisimple Ising Anyons
Abstract
Non-semisimple extensions of the Ising anyon model developed in our previous work enable universal topological quantum computation via braiding alone, overcoming the Clifford-only limitation of semisimple theories. The non-semisimple theory provides new anyon types indexed by a real parameter , the neglecton. Braiding acts unitarily with respect to an indefinite Hermitian form, while the computational subspace sits in a positive-definite sector. We demonstrate that this universality is robust, persisting over an open interval of the neglecton parameter where the computational subspace remains positive-definite. We identify special values of where the physical subspace decouples exactly from negative-norm components, ensuring fully unitary evolution and suppressed leakage. We further present an alternative encoding supporting exact single-qubit Clifford gates alongside a non-Clifford phase gate. We show that high-precision tuning of is not required for efficient gate compilation, significantly enhancing the physical plausibility of non-semisimple anyonic architectures.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.02843,
title = {Robust Universal Braiding with Non-semisimple Ising Anyons},
author = {Filippo Iulianelli and Sung Kim and Joshua Sussan and Aaron D. Lauda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.02843},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
25 pages, Tikz figures